Erindale College was one of two suburban campuses opened in Mississauga, Ontario, by the University of Toronto in 1967. Initially, the campus was designed to serve as an undergraduate institution but the faculty of the Biology Group were expected to carry out high level research as members of one of three main downtown Departments, Zoology, Botany, and Microbiology. The Group became a formal Department gaining co-dependence, then complete independence from the downtown Departments while still maintaining professional collaboration. Over the years, the biology faculty has trained many undergraduates, graduates and post-doctoral fellows while maintaining active individual research programs. This informal volume serves as a historical document in that it contains short descriptions and reminiscences by graduates who have gone on to run their own research programs, by emeritus faculty who were there at the beginning and by current faculty who are leading the way to the future. Those faculty who are no longer with us are also remembered.